🌳 Rumyantsev Garden

A small square on the University Embankment with the “To Rumyantsev's Victories” obelisk in the centre.

The “To Rumyantsev's Victories” obelisk, designed by Vincenzo Brenna, was put up in 1799 on the Field of Mars and moved here in 1818.
The garden was laid out in 1865–1866 with money from house owners, above all the city councillor S. F. Solovyov; the fence was cast at the San Galli works.
From 1939 to 2001 the square was called Shevchenko Square — the poet lived and worked in the neighbouring Academy of Arts.
In the early 18th century the bustling Menshikov market stood here, and later the Cadet Corps' parade ground.
The garden's two cast-iron fountains were made in France.

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